We see this same sequence over and over in every area of our lives. None of us can survive in isolation, we all need somebody. The way I need you, in a similar manner, you need me. Although we all know that we need each other, sometimes we don't do our part in supporting others, because we don't pay attention to their pain, or we feel we barely have enough to survive talkless of helping someone else. In other cases, it's simply because we tend to position ourselves in the receiving end by telling ourselves that we are the one that deserves to be helped.
The truth remains that everyone has a challenge he or she is facing. As our faces are different, so are our problems. Some person's problem may be finance, while someother person'sown might be health, or that they lack what to eat. If we can step out in anyway to help them, no matter how little the kindness, it will definitely make a huge difference.
A very dark room is always filled with fear and drains one of hope, as it represents an embodiment of uncertainties. But when a light is introduce into the room, regardless of how little the light is (even as little as a light from a match stick), the fear which has filled the room is dispersed and hope is restored. This is exactly how showing someone else kindness can be to them. I will be using two personal stories to elaborate this.
A certain time while I was in the University, one of my friends was looking so distracted in class. He was sitting in front of me, and I noticed that from time to time he would sigh, then rest his head on the desk. I could tell something was wrong, but what exactly, I couldn't say.
My plan at first, was to meet him after class to ask him what was wrong, but I know he may likely not want to open up to me. I had a little more than $10 with me, so what I did was, after class, i walk up to him while he was about to leave the faculty, and shaked him while having the $10 in my hand.
Just before I left, he opened his hand, and I looked at his face, I saw how quickly his countenance got filled with Joy. He chatted me up later in the evening to thank me, and also to tell me that he had no money on that day whatsoever to eat before I gave him what I had. To someone who has plenty, that $10 might not have been a lot, but to me, and to him, it was everything and I am so glad I gave it to him.
Another scenario happened to me few months back. I had a very tough month and I spent more than I planned to due to various unforseen circumstances. It got to a point that I barely had enough to transport myself to my place of assignment and back for the week. It was also the week I was to be paid, but I was scared that it may likely be delayed to the upper week.
So, I went on Monday, Tuesday, and I was beginning to worry because if I don't get some cash I may likely not be able to make it to work on Friday; I also didn't want to borrow. I continued; went on Wednesday and then Thursday. While on my way back home on Thursday, a kind old man stepped down from the bus, and gave the driver tfare for me and for him. Mind you, I wasn't sitting close to him, also I didn't greet him when I boarded; he just, out of his kindness paid my Tfare for me.
That gestured might have been a little thing to someone else, but to me, it was everything. It brought smile and hope to me. Because of that kind gesture, I was able to go to work the next day.
I can't really tell why the old kind man went out of his way to pay my Tfare but all I could think of at that time is Karma. The law of Karma says "What you do to others, others will do so to you". Do not wait around to be helped, go out of your way and be that kindness someone somewhere will receive. If you help someone, or show someone kindness in anyway, just like the law of karma states, in your time of trouble, somebody will definitely come through for you.
Lastly, don't forget that what you will be remembered for when you leave a place is your acts of kindness. I'm sure if you reflect back, you can remember everyone who helped you in desperate times of need. Some may have been strangers you met on the road, you don't know them, but you remember what they did for you. But those who didn't make impact in your life, you can't remember them. In this manner, it's only your acts of kindness that will speak for you when you are long gone.
Read, Ponder, Love.
